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SNAPPLE FACTS
SNAPPLE FACT #677
• A full-grown tree produces enough oxygen to support a family of four.
SNAPPLE FACT #683
• Snails have teeth.
SNAPPLE FACT #693
• A male cricket’s ear is located on the tibia of its leg.
SNAPPLE FACT #694
• Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on the ocean floor.
SNAPPLE FACT #698
• The jaguar, the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere, once lived all over the southern U.S.
SNAPPLE FACT #708
• Manufacturing recycled goods uses up to 95% less energy than using raw materials.
SNAPPLE FACT #711
• To estimate the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds then add 37.
SNAPPLE FACT #712
• 100% recyclable, old newspapers are great for washing windows.
SNAPPLE FACT #714
• When thirsty, a camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than three minutes.
SNAPPLE FACT #721
• The pomegranate is one of the oldest fruits known to man.
SNAPPLE FACT #724
• A pineapple is neither an apple or a pine. It is, in fact, a large berry.
SNAPPLE FACT #729
• Twins have a very high occurrence of left-handedness.
SNAPPLE FACT #730
• The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
SNAPPLE FACT #732
• The chicken is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
SNAPPLE FACT #743
• A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein.
SNAPPLE FACT #749
• The average housefly lives for one month.
SNAPPLE FACT #754
• An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
SNAPPLE FACT #763
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
SNAPPLE FACT #767
• Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
SNAPPLE FACT #770
• Pistol shrimp can make a noise loud enough to break glass.
SNAPPLE FACT #772
• Male moose shed their antlers every winter and grow a new pair the next year.
SNAPPLE FACT #784
• The human brain is about 20% water.
SNAPPLE FACT #790
• Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3.
SNAPPLE FACT #795
• Hawaii is moving toward Japan at the rate of almost 4 inches per year.
SNAPPLE FACT #800
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
SNAPPLE FACT #803
• Antarctica is the only continent with no owls.
SNAPPLE FACT #804
• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
SNAPPLE FACT #805
• India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
SNAPPLE FACT #806
• In Albania, nodding your head means “no” and shaking your head means “yes”.
SNAPPLE FACT #807
• Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump”.
SNAPPLE FACT #815
• The name of the city we call Bangkok is 115 letters long in the Thai language.
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SNAPPLE FACT #816
• In Ancient Greece throwing an apple to a woman was considered a marriage proposal.
SNAPPLE FACT #818
• The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
SNAPPLE FACT #826
• In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
SNAPPLE FACT #828
• Every hour more than one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
SNAPPLE FACT #835
• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
SNAPPLE FACT #836
• Pomology is the study of fruit.
SNAPPLE FACT #839
• A cucumber consists of 96% water.
SNAPPLE FACT #844
• One lump of sugar is equivalent to three feet of sugar cane.
SNAPPLE FACT #848
• Wild camels once roamed Arizona’s deserts.
SNAPPLE FACT #856
• The world’s largest silver nugget (1840 lbs.) was found in 1894 near Aspen, Colorado.
SNAPPLE FACT #858
• New Jersey is home to the world’s first drive-in movie theater.
SNAPPLE FACT #861
• South Carolina is home to the first tea farm in the U.S.
SNAPPLE FACT #865
• Harry Truman was the last U.S. President to not have a college degree.
SNAPPLE FACT #866
• Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President at
6’ 4”. James Madison was the shortest at 5’ 4”.
SNAPPLE FACT #870
• President Warren G. Harding once lost White House china in a poker game.
SNAPPLE FACT #872
• President William Taft weighed over 300 lbs. and once got stuck in the White House bathtub.
SNAPPLE FACT #876
• The youngest U.S. president to be in office was Theodore Roosevelt at age 42.
SNAPPLE FACT #886
• The bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal on Earth. It weighs less than a penny.
SNAPPLE FACT #887
• The “Valley of Square Trees” in Panama is the only known place in the world where trees have rectangular trunks.
SNAPPLE FACT #888
• In some cultures’ telling of Snow White, the Dwarfs are thieves.
SNAPPLE FACT #889
• The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
SNAPPLE FACT #890
• The number “1” or the word “one” appears on the dollar bill 16 times.
SNAPPLE FACT #894
• Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.
SNAPPLE FACT #897
• The Mayflower only held 102 people.
SNAPPLE FACT #900
• Neckties were first worn in Croatia, which is why they were called cravats.
SNAPPLE FACT #906
• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
SNAPPLE FACT #913
• The Saturn V moon rocket consumed 15 tons of fuel per second.
SNAPPLE FACT #917
• The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write roughly 50,000 English words.
SNAPPLE FACT #926
• George Washington was the only unanimously elected President.
SNAPPLE FACT #927
• John Adams was the only President to be defeated by his vice-president, Thomas Jefferson.